A study was done by undergraduate Matthew Sachs, at Harvard University on'why people get the chills from music'. He discovered people that experience chills or goosebumps from certain music, actually have structural differences in the brain. They have a higher volume of fibers that connect their auditory cortex to the areas associated with emotional processing, which means the two areas communicate better.

I believe chills/goosebumps are more mystical than what can be proven by 'science'. I believe that the connection that creates this stimulation is from soul to soul - it's pure truth and the brain merely makes one aware of the spiritual connection that is happening.

I got this sensation when I was recording Josephine's vocals for Be Love, the opening piece of music for Perfect Freq journey/album. In that moment, I realised that Josephine was the most perfect vocalist to feature on the project.

Close your eyes, and listen to the whole song, and see if you get goosebumps at any time throughout the music. If you do, note the moments and respond to this blog post with your experiences.

]]>Sun, 21 Aug 2016 16:34:50 GMThttp://www.perfectfreq.com/blog/heaven-is-a-place-on-earth-with-the-perfect-freq-of-loveI sometime DJ at Ecstatic Dance events… and I like to make each DJ set unique - with special remixes and/or mashups. Last year I created this mashup of Belinda Carlisle's 'Heaven is a Place on Earth' with Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' as part of an uplifting Día de los Muertos'Day of The Dead' Ecstatic Dance set.

When I originally put the two songs together I had one of those goosebumps moments - it sounded like 'Heaven is a Place on Earth' [1987] was actually written to the music of Thriller [1982]. Even the BPM (Beats Per Minute) are almost exactly the same. But the actual weirdest thing is, the two songs are the yin & yang to each other - the dark and the light, the Black and White Duality, the polarity whole...

See what happens when we put the lyrics side by side, Belinda Carlisle in blue italics:

[Verse 1:]It's close to midnight and something evil's lurking in the darkWhen the night falls down I wait for you and you come aroundUnder the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heartAnd the world's alive, with the sound of kids on the street outsideYou try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make itWhen you walk into the room, you pull me close and we start to moveYou start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes, you're paralysedAnd we're spinning with the stars above, and you lift me up in a wave of love...

[Verse 2:]You hear the door slam and realize there's nowhere left to runWhen I feel alone I reach for you and you bring me homeYou feel the cold hand and wonder if you'll ever see the sunWhen I'm lost at sea I hear your voice and it carries meYou close your eyes and hope that this is just imaginationIn this world we're just beginning to understand the miracle of livingBut all the while you hear the creature creepin' up behind, you're out of timeBaby I was afraid before, but I'm not afraid anymore!

[Chorus:]'Cause this is thriller, thriller nightOoh, baby, do you know what that's worth?And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strikeOoh heaven is a place on earthYou know it's thriller, thriller nightThey say in heaven love comes firstYou're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonightWe'll make heaven a place on earth, ooh heaven is a place on earth!

To top off the mashup, I have just finished making a music video for it, that contains a 1 minute animated version of the famous Thriller dance scene!! Watch it here:

It made me wonder, why is it NOW, June 2016, that people have become more interested?Was I too early?Are these people too late?

Is it the Human Condition to act too late?

We try to stop deforestation after all the trees have been cut down.We try to stop oil drilling after the oceans have been polluted by spills.We vote to stop our government going to war after the bombs have all been dropped.We start being healthy after we get a life threatening illness.We finally plan to see the world when we no longer have the strength to walk up a mountain.We try to fix our broken marriages when it's much too late.We bury our problems until they seem too big to face.We're quick to love people and things, without considering to first love ourselves.

Don't leave it too late to find your own self-love, self-acceptance and inner peace!

The Perfect Freq experience has been designed to take you through a sound journey of emotions, key words and thought processes. To discover and unlock those things in yourself that have been holding you back. And to encourage the flow and new growth of love and the transformation of self.

Perfect Freq for Kids is in production! I'm not sure when the delivery date will be, as there's still a lot of work to do. But all the musical ideas and most of the lyrics have been written.If you would like to support the process, or pre-purchase the album click the button below... If you would like to straight donate, please click the PAYPAL donate button at the bottom banner of the home page. THANK YOU!

We've all heard the saying 'BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD'.Well, it's true - the revolution starts with 'the one', YOU!!!

But what happens if we feel that we're not ready to be 'The Change'?Many of us want to change, but there's always something holding us back.

It's mostly all fear. Fear of being rejected. Fear of what other think. Fear of losing what i have. Fear of being alone. Fear of not being able to look after myself. Fear of losing the benefits of the trickle down society. Fear of never having enough. Fear of self reliance & survival… and on and on it goes.

If this sounds like you, then YOU - THE ONE, are holding back the revolution.

But don't worry, there's still hope… I saw this pattern in people when i was creating a lot of health and awareness music & videos. People were interested, supportive and sharing the music with their friends, but not many people were actually changing the way they lived. I began to look into the patterns occurring and discovered there was one MAJOR aspect missing from many peoples lives. And it's so simple.

Most people are lacking in the LOVE department.

One cannot be THE CHANGE without SELF LOVE. And one cannot be part of a community without SELF LOVE. When you love yourself entirely, everything you want to CHANGE falls into place… or out of place.

This is the original motivation and intention behind PERFECT FREQ - to create CHANGE from the inside, of every single person that experiences it.

It's covertly the most political body of work I have ever created.

It's not just music, it's THERAPEUTIC journey into the self. And this is why so many people have profound experiences - If you don't believe me, just read through the testimonials page.

The music relaxes your entire body so your mind can process all the things it needs to, free from worry, guilt or judgement of self. This is why the music is best experienced alone (or with someone close), in a quiet uninterrupted space.

The music of PERFECT FREQ is designed as a journey, moving through different emotions and states, revealing yourself to yourself. And showing you that it's possible to actually LOVE YOURSELF, therefore love others.

I have this saying: Perfection is an insult to God... It makes me feel better when I mess something up real good. So, I don't know how it happened, but somehow there was a glitch in the matrix and the album you've all been buying had track 5 also in place of track 4... and no track 4 ever appeared in the download.

I didn't notice it until I downloaded the album myself to listen to...

SO. please download [right click > save as] the mp3 in the link above, and place it in the PERFECT FREQ album folder on your computer, and delete TRACK 4 from that folder - and rename this new download, the same name as the old TRACK 4.

does that make sense? the name on the original file is correct - but the music is a repeat of TRACK 5 - From The Silence.

If you downloaded the album in a higher resolution than 320kb MP3, and would like your new file to match your album bit rates - please send me a message and I will organise another link for you to download it from.

I have read about Ryfe's work for a number of years, firstly in 1998 in a book compiled by Jonathan Eisen - Suppressed Inventions & other Discoveries.

Here's an excerpt from that book:

In the summer of 1934, sixteen terminally ill people with cancer and other diseases were brought to the Scripps "ranch." There, as Rife and the doctors worked on human beings for the first time, they learned much. In 1953 when Rife copyrighted his book, he made the real report of what The Suppression of Alternative Medical Therapies happened in 1934. He wrote:

With the frequency instrument treatment, no tissue is destroyed, no pain is felt, no noise is audible, and no sensation is noticed. A tube lights up and 3 minutes later the treatment is completed. The virus or bacteria is destroyed and the body then recovers itself naturally from the toxic effect of the virus or bacteria. Several diseases may be treated simultaneously. The first clinical work on cancer was completed under the supervision of Milbank Johnson, M.D., which was set up under a Special Medical Research Committee of the University of Southern California. 16 cases were treated at the clinic for many types of malignancy. After 3 months, 14 of these so called hopeless cases were signed off as clinically cured by the staff of five medical doctors and Dr. Alvin G. Foord, M.D., pathologist for the group. The treatments consisted of 3 minutes' duration using the frequency instrument which was set on the mortal oscillatory rate for "BX" or cancer (at 3 day intervals). It was found that the elapsed time between treatments attains better results than the cases treated daily. This gives the lymphatic system an opportunity to absorb and cast off the toxic condition which is produced by the devitalized dead particles of the "BX" virus. No rise of body temperature was perceptible in any of these cases above normal during or after the frequency instrument treatment. No special diets were used in any of this clinical work, but we sincerely believe that a proper diet compiled for the individual would be of benefit. Date: December 1, 1953.

About 12 years later, I came across a Royal Ryfe article on the web, i had a 'eureka moment' - What if I could put some of these 'anti-cancer' frequencies into music? After a little more thought I realised it would be impossible to insert 'non-audible frequencies' into music that will be played on stereo systems and headphones - as this technology is made to only process and play audible sounds. This lead me to ask another question: Are there audible frequencies that are beneficial for human health?and if so, is there ONE frequency that is the most PERFECT FREQ of them all? ...and the journey to find it began.

Ashera taught me how to use and hold tuning forks, she showed me there are patterns in nature that correlate with certain vibrational tones - intention can be embedded into sound (live and recorded) - and leading by example, to have faith in 'the universe' for all things work out.

When I first arrived in Bali in 2012, I met the wonderful Ashera Hart. Together we went to a 'Breakthrough' science and health symposium and afterwards undertook some sound healing experiments together. (that's me lying down).

Ashera is a friendly character with many admirable traits - generous with her time and knowledge, and she's dedicated & passionate about creating music and helping others. She's also a great singer and teacher.

She trained as an opera singer and moved into Sound Healing in the mid-late 1990's. She has trained at the Institute of Cyberkinetics, Croydon, UK (Tuning fork therapy with kinesiology) and the Globe Institute (now called the Globe Sound & Consciousness Institute), San Francisco, USA (Certificate in Psycho-Acoustics – the scientific aspect of sound healing). Ashera is also qualified in various types of bodywork (Holistic, Sports, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Injury Prevention Massage and Indian Head Massage).

Through the internet, I already knew about 'Solfeggio Scale' tones, but Ashera physically introduced me to them... and also to a form of aura/energy photography. Together we did some experiments combining my body, tuning forks (tuned to solfeggio tones), and this special photography process. We wanted to see if my aura or energy field was altered from the vibrations from the tuning forks. After setting everything up, our light melted and the photos didn't work out. We never re-staged the experiment again, but the process was fun and interesting. Later on I received her tuning fork treatment again in one of her tutorial videos - I zoned out and fell asleep for most of it.

from her website:What is Solfegio?The solfeggio codes are sourced from a wider number set called the Zobet, and when you take those divine mathematics of the Universe, convert them into sound and give them back to the human body, they can help us rebalance, tune in more deeply, remember that we are part of nature and then reconnect with our natural peaceful blissful state. When we are more in tune we can have a happier, healthier and a more fulfilled life!

Ashera also kindly contributed some Solfegio toned (and infused with the intention of LOVE, harmony and world peace), crystal bowl recordings to be include into the PERFECT FREQ album.

Via his book, David taught me all sorts of stuff about sound and intention, resonating love and higher emotions, harmonizing chakras, brainwave entrainment to access higher states of consciousness... etc etc

While I was traveling in search of 'The Perfect Freq', a friend loaned me a photocopied book called: The Complete Guide to Sound Healing. I had no idea where to get it from, so two days before leaving town i photocopied it too. Over the next few months I read it from cover to cover. The author, David Gibson is a teacher and practitioner in the field of Sound Healing and Sound Therapies.

From his bio: He is the founder and director of the Globe Sound and Consciousness Institute in San Francisco. His book, "The Complete Guide to Sound Healing," is one of the top selling books in the field. The book explains how to use sound for physical healing, brainwave entrainment, releasing stuck emotions, opening the heart, and connecting to Spirit. David is also one of the top selling producers of Sound Healing music with over 50 CD's, and runs the Sound Therapy Center at the Institute offering over 15 types of sound healing treatments.

I was intrigued by David, not because he looked like a plumber from a 70's porno, but because before moving into sound healing, he was a recording engineer and record producer - JUST LIKE ME! Back then he wrote two other books and a video series called 'The Art of Mixing' and 'The Art of Producing'.

I was heading back to Bali for a festival and organised to meet up with David Gibson to asked him a few questions regarding things i had read in his book, but he was so busy he couldn't fit me in... So I made an effort to be at an event where I hoped he'd be. The venue was dimly lit, and packed with about 200 people all seated or laying down on the floor. There was no way I was going to find him, I didn't even know what he looked like these days without the mustache. Just as the music was about to begin, a couple tip-toed through the maze of people and sat down in the only vacant space in the room - beside me! It turned out to be David Gibson and his wife!! At the end I leaned over to him and said: so... the universe wanted us to meet after all.

The following year we met up at the same festival and spent some time conversing.

Shervin taught me many things: voice is our most powerful sound healing instrument - less is more - the space 'between' is where the mind can travel - and how to 'hold space' for a group of people.

I met Shervin in 2012 and again in 2013 in Bali - after an enlightening conversation about Sound Healing, he asked me if i knew of anyone that needed a room. I said, 'yes... me'. And so I moved into the upstairs room at Shervin's place. In his evenings off we would hang out and chat about life, politics and music, and we discovered we had many things in common, including being able to recite the lyrics to a rap song by NWA . Both of us had also been part of 'the music industry' and felt disillusioned by how crap the world of entertainment was, personally for us, and also for the rubbish music they promote. After a few days of being his housemate, he asked me if I'd like to be his assistant. Sure thing! So I began to be a part of his Sound Medicine evenings, learning as we went. I ended up supporting him for over a year, eventually doing my own event with him assisting me.

Shervin studied Sound Healing at the Tama-do Academy of Sound, Color and Movement. It was started up by Fabien Maman who says: "When scientific research, spiritual practice and artistic expression work together, heaven and earth are in resonance.This is Tama-Do - The Way of the Soul". Shervin started The Bali Sound Healers Collective, an umbrella group for resident sound healing musicians, practitioners and events.

While i was staying at Shervin's place we started recording his album 'Spirit Night by Candle Light' which I finished the production of in New Zealand. When I was recording PERFECT FREQ, I requested Shervin's exceptional singing voice be part of it. And my wish was granted! Along with Josephine Costain, Shervin is featured in many tracks on the album.

Jonathan taught me to not to be afraid about just doing stuff... he has a passion for music and sound healing that doesnt ever quit.

Aside from the obvious, Ryfe - Jonathan is the only person in my top 10 that I havent personally met. Although I did take part in his 'World Sound Healing Day' Feb 14th 2015, with Courtenay Stickles. World Sound Healing Day is in its 14th year. The idea is that groups of people all around the world at 12pm (your local time) hum or sing a tone together for 5 minutes. Slowly a network of sounds and intention move across the world making people feel good and lifting the vibrations of the planet... adding some extra love and good vibes into valentines day. A little bit 'out there' for many, but it's better than war, right?

Most Sound Healers come from a musical background, and witness first hand the power of music.

from wikipedia: Goldman's interest in using sound as a healing modality originated from his own experiences during live performances as a guitarist in the Bosto﻿n punk ﻿scene in the late 1970s. While playing, he became aware of how sound could be made to affect listeners, determined, in part, by the intention of the musician, not just the physical act of playing an instrument, nor the emotional energy expressed by the musician while playing. Based on these experiences, Goldman began to research the science of sound and music psychology, directing his overall studies towards the use of sound as a healing force.

His research and desire to connect with like-minded people led to his founding of the Sound Healers Association (SHA) in Lexington, Massachusetts, in 1982. SHA was a small, informal gathering of musicians, artists, scientists, teachers and authors, and anyone interested in sound healing. Meetings were organized by Goldman; they were held in his home once a month and typically included a guest speaker's presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session.

Jonathan has produced over 30 albums, written a number of books and made a documentary on Sound Healing. In Spring 2011, Jonathan was named as one of Watkin’s Reviews “100 Most Spiritually Influential People on the Planet.”. He presents HEALING SOUNDS lectures, workshops and seminars worldwide.

NEXT WEEK - 5 more influential sound healers!!

List compiled by Trillion/Jody Lloyd - creator of PERFECT FREQ series of music.

John really showed me that music (even in it's most simple form) can move and capture someones soul.

John is from Hawaii, but I met him in a rice field in Bali - he played a four chamber flute for me. I closed my eyes and experienced perhaps one of the most unusual feelings I've ever felt with live music - it felt like my heart and soul was being pulled from my chest... and massaged. As my eyes welled up from the intensity, I almost fell back into the mud.

John is an extraordinary a sensitive musician. I have had the pleasure of being involved in a number of events with John.

from his Bio: John Dumas M.S. is an internationally renowned artist, musician, inspirational teacher, and pioneer in sound healing. He performs concerts and leads workshops internationally with his unique handcrafted flutes and didgeridoos. John has developed a unique sound therapy/healing ceremony that is titled "Shamanic Journey Into Dreamtime." This voyage into the dreamtime is an experiential interactive sound therapy that facilitates the healing of our mind, body & spirit. With the intention of love and compassion, John opens the doorway into the dreamtime, an altered state of time and space, producing awakened dreaming.Performing in many countries and sacred sites, throughout, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and North America has given John the opportunity to lead ceremonies and play inside and Egyptian pyramids, Mayan temples, England's stone circles and the sacred mountaintop of Mt Saana, which is above the Arctic Circle in Finland. Whether through his concerts, shamanic meditations or land journeys, John's sense of commitment to his life's work to inspire love, empowerment, and unity worldwide continues to evolve. It is John's belief that through the universal language of music; where words are not needed that the beauty of oneness begins to emerge all over the world.

Courtenay taught me to believe in myself and be persistent, even in the face of adversity. Good things take time...

My mum met Courtenay as she was serving hot spiced chai tea from a table at the Lyttelton Farmers Market near my hometown of Christchurch, NZ. Courtenay had heard that my mum's son was getting into sound healing and making a record based on the ideas around 'music as therapy'. So when i was next back home I made an effort to go and meet up with Courtenay.

Our meet up inspired a collaboration on International Sound Healing Day 2015 where we encouraged strangers to join us in a 5 minute toning session in the middle of the main street of Lyttelton.

Even though she has all the 'tools' and is as competent as any other in the trade, Courtenay doesn't consider herself a 'sound healer', she's a soul singer and a sound worker. In a town that is slow to catch on to the goodness of music therapy/sound healing, Courtenay is pretty much the only person putting on regular live sessions in Christchurch. Sometimes 6, sometimes 10 people come along and lay down. She also does private 1 on 1 sessions in her home. She's the real deal, and she's a trooper, and for that she needs to be applauded.

From her Bio: I've been a singer and songwriter since my early teens, but it wasn't until I had an awakening in my late 20s that I realized the presence of the Divine in my voice and understood what a great service I could contribute to humanity by being an instrument of love through my song. The more I surrender to this powerful presence and sink into the truth of my own soul, the more notes I am given - to touch hearts, change frequencies and be an agent of change in a world that yearns to heal and connect.

Dr Didge taught me that Dr Dre was a big phony. No, really - Dr Didge is a genius, he invented a telescopic travel didge! And can hold down the drones as solid, deep as the best.Dr Didge taught me to follow my dreams, and nice guys finish first.

Dr Didge is an actual medical doctor, and survivor of a deadly food poisoning experience. You have to admire and respect someone that has come from a strict medical background into a form of healing that many in the mainstream medical professional would consider 'quackery'. The fact that a doctor has taken up the didge as a healing tool says that 'sound' and specifically the didgeridoo is something very special.

Dr Didge was taught by yidaki (didgeridoo) master Djalu Gurruwiwi in ArnhemLand and given the Yolngu name Mutjalanydjal which means dolphin. He has recorded over 30 albums of solo didge and with various groups including his partner Shamana tara.

The didgeridoo plays an important role in the creation mythology of Australia's original inhabitants, the low vibrating tones of the didge are said to have created the world and everything in it. Its sound also takes one into an altered state known as "dreamtime". In a therapeutic sense, listeners can enter deep states of relaxation or trance. It is in these depths of relaxation that the body’s natural healing abilities can best function.

I met the friendly and supportive Arpana through being involved in the Spirit Night events at the Yoga Barn. If you ever get the chance to have Dr Didge (or any other dig player) play their didge over and around your body, do it - it will blow your mind!

Steve taught me that Sound Healing can be more than a passion or pastime - it can be a lifestyle and a real job!

I met Steve in Bali at the 'future health science' symposium I attended with Ashera Hart - we hung out a couple of times after that, dinner, beers and heart to hearts. Steve is based in Byron Bay, Australia, and has a huge gong collection. I finally saw the gong room at his home in the summer of 2015 when I was in Byron Bay after doing an event my my wife Jocelyn. Steve is extremely passionate about gongs and medicinal sound instruments in general - he even has a Ryfe machine.

From Steve's Website, re Healing Hertz, the program Steve and his wife Anna offer: The profound power of sound and especially the gong led them to leave their corporate lives and focus on raising people’s awareness on a large scale. They tour Australia’s east coast extensively touching thousands of people each year. With a plethora of instruments and as many gongs to think that there was an international rock band touring, they bring a tsunami of sound. This is not sweet music for the ears, but a deep immersion of the whole body, with the potency to still the mind, promote emotional, physical and spiritual transformation. An invitation to awaken every cell in your body and merge into sound.

Steve says: "Through creative innovation I endeavour to provide extension to the current limited view of our bodies anatomy and physiology. To support validation, predictability or consistency of results with my clients for the many rediscovered or emerging fields of complementary medicine."

and his clients say:“ I want to report a major break thru with alleviation of crippling pain in my right hip since the last session. In fact, immediately after, I found myself sitting crosslegged chatting! I suddenly realised I hadn’t been able to do that comfortably for over a year!!"

"I had not realised just how much tension I was carrying in my body until having been to your sound bath. After that session I got home and I truly felt that the tension I had in my body and mind simply melted away and my whole body just felt relieved"

10. Hal Tropp

Hal taught me to be inventive, creative and innovative with instruments and sounds.

I first met Hal Tropp in 2011 at a didgeridoo festival in Australia, then again a year later. Hal is an incredibly humble, kind and generous man, with a huge talent for music. He was the first person that introduced the concept of tuning forks as a way to 'inject' sound vibrations into the human body. In a style similar to Ashera and Shervin's (both mentioned in the top ten) private sessions, Hal uses tuning forks like acupuncture needles, although his forks have crystal tips and he uses essential oils on the points of contact.

Also a brilliant didgeridoo player, Hal mostly plays music for meditation groups for the purpose of creating a transcendental experience. Hal thinks in music… i went to his house on our second meeting and he showed me some of his experimental sound devices. One that stood out was a pyramid made of huge tuning forks that hung from the ceiling - Hal would sit under it and get it to spin/rotate right above his head - like, his head was actually inside the pyramid. The forks were tuned in 5th's, so when it rotated it created this rotating 3d chord. seriously talented

And that completes the top 10 Sound Healing Practitioners that have had the greatest impact on my life and my live and recorded music work. Others worth a special mention are: Pepe Danza, Matt Omo, Michelle Berc, Shely Ourana, Swarmi Arun, AwaHoshi, Sika, Peter Mcintosh, Larissa Israel, Lucas Harper.

List compiled by Jody Lloyd, Creator of the PERFECT FREQ Series of music.

]]>Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:04:21 GMThttp://www.perfectfreq.com/blog/free-download-track-1-from-the-yoga-mixes..it's an extended remix of the song The Perfect Frequency of Love, and features atraditional Senegalese Kora player and vocals by The Andy Gibson Project!

To Download for free - follow this link, and put 0:00 in the price box:https://trillion.bandcamp.com/track/perfect-frequency-of-love-yoga-remix

]]>Wed, 20 Jan 2016 09:40:56 GMThttp://www.perfectfreq.com/blog/are-you-comfortable-in-silence-with-othersSometimes words just complicate moments and relationships. It's not always a bad thing, but i am constantly surrounded by people that love to talk. I am curious about, and search for friendships where two people can relate in a space together with no, or few words - without it being weird or awkward. It's not that there's nothing to talk about: more like, there's everything to think about, experience and just be, without having to shower or be showered in a verbal waterfall.

Before i knew what meditation was, or the 'sound within' I wanted friendships that were more about the energy and connection shared, and less about knowing everything about that person, the small talk of the day or what this person can offer me.

I want friendships that can endure the awkward silences and reach the 'COMFORT SILENCE'. A large part of reaching this space is about being comfortable with self and ones own silence. It's like a meditation - turn off the chatter, and the ideas and inspirations will flow. When no space is left for these things, they probably won't come.

I want friendships that are more about ideas and inspirations and less about 'the weather' and 'the news'...

Included in the FREE DOWNLOAD of COMFORT SILENCE is a 7 minute PERFECT FREQ instrumental remix - slowed down to fit with the pitch of the Solfegio tone of 528HZ.My friend Ashera Hart has provided a wonderful crystal bowl tone which I have added to the mix...

COMFORT SILENCE - LYRICSstriking a perfect match on a flint of deep affectionsurface scratched - past life intuition - fleeting recollectionkeeping the direction, detach from influence and commonsenseseeking no protection from coincidence of consequenceall trust, guided blind - divine design has called usdeny the mind - i think this is what is called loveall up in the air, i'm here - a puppet in its careif this love current is currency, currently i'm a millionaire

when all is said and done, i'll eat an apple a daythe setting sun, will keep the jackals at bay.discover within me, what is already thererise above with eyes of love, and more steady care.triumphant reward, for enduring the distanceand comfort restored - insuring this instanceassistance from beyond the literal - invisible volunteerthe course is long the force is spiritual - metaphysical strong and clear

one and one is one, love is deep in this equationsealed in sleep initiation.a soul connection, is the whole directionuntold perfection we are an old reflection…

spinning on all cogs and cylinders - on all chakra'sJ'existe, c'est tout (I exist - that is all) like Jean-Paul Sartre the clock - beyond all masters - lost in between the ticks,I'll be heaving bricks and blocks until the meaning sticks.

]]>Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:12:47 GMThttp://www.perfectfreq.com/blog/humming-a-baby-to-sleep-good-vibrationsIf you know any new dads having trouble bonding with their new babies, tell them to try this...

Many Sound healing practitioners teach us that our voice is the most important and potent sound healing tool we have. It's with us all the time, it's positioned almost in the centre of our body… and when we concentrate and practise, we can vibrate every part of our body with our voice box - just by changing the pitch and concentrating on the parts of our body we want to vibrate.

Using ones voice-box in such a manner can help alter ones emotional, mental, physical and spiritual state and awareness. This is why most older cultures have chanting and toning at the centre of their rituals. Humming, singing or toning can also open ones awareness to other possibilities we seek but don't know how to access. It can also help improve ones sleep, reduce stress and relax the body & mind - bringing all into balance, to resonate in harmony.

So what happens when a dad holds his baby close to his voice-box and hums sweet melodies to her? The baby loves it, becomes relaxed, subdued, sleepy and snuggly.

I am having an incredible time experimenting with humming and singing simple, repetitive sleep inducing melodies. Many of these will appear in my new album 'PERFECT FREQ - FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES' (working title). The plan being, my daughter will be able to put on the album any time, for the rest of her life - and get that good old sound medicine her papa brewed up for her when she was a tiny babe asleep in his arms. And even better - you and your babies can have some too!

A few years ago i sold and gave away almost everything i owned and moved countries to pursue a dream... to find the perfect healing frequency, and make a musical masterpiece. I achieved both my goals and got so much MORE! I met my love, got married - and on the 14th December 2015 at age 43, I became the father of Sienna Joy!!

She was born in a tub of water and i caught her as she was birthed - she was actually born in her amniotic sac which is an occurrence of 1 in 80000! She's so sweet, and her mother is amazing!!

One month before her birth i started to write a new body of music dedicated to Sienna. I will be sharing this music with her in the coming days, and working on the compositions, lyrics and production over the next few months. Watch this space!

Many have doubtless lost track of Jody Lloyd, the Christchurch producer/rapper with his Dark Tower outfit who delivered the excellent Shadows on a Flat Land debut almost 20 years ago and the award-nominated follow-up Canterbury Drafts in 2001. That's because he has continued to operate under a number of pseudonyms, the most prominent (but still somewhat off the grid) Trillion.

Most recently he was based in Bali (may still be) where he was learning healing through music and sound therapy, and this new album was recorded partly there, but also in Bangladesh and New Zealand. The main singer is New Zealand's Josephine Costain, but among the credits are singers and players from Iran, Australia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, the USA and India.

However this is not some world music mash-up but rather music for relaxation and focused meditation.

"The whole album is designed to be listened to while laying down, relaxed and present in the mind," he said in recent e-mail.

So the ambience is slow and the mood relaxed, although sometimes his brief raps have a brooding quality . . . and no matter how gently Costain sings it, "All things must die" doesn't exactly make me feel at ease.

But this is not an album of individual tracks so much as a deep immersion into relaxing sound, gentle allusions to Indian music (drones, the flute, gentle chants) and a time-out, horizontal mood. Tellingly, the download comes with separate tracks but also lengthy continuous play versions. I know I should have been lying down when listening to this, but I've had this on quiet, repeat play while I've been doing some reading and computer work this past fortnight and its endlessly inventive, soft melodies and mood have been relaxing . . . and the hours have just passed in a wash of pastel shades and muscle loosening sound.

]]>Sat, 14 Nov 2015 16:03:22 GMThttp://www.perfectfreq.com/blog/list-of-frequencies-used-in-perfect-freqSome sound healing researchers and practitioners believe that the more frequencies that are covered within a sound session, the more beneficial it will be to the person experiencing the sounds, others believe that only certain frequencies are valuable. There are far too many sounds within this album for me to actually measure them all, but I have managed to log and calculate most of them. Some are commonly known frequencies used within sound healing and sound therapies, and others have evolved out of experimentations on myself. Some of the groups of notes (or chords) and sounds are are known to bring up certain feelings and emotions, and other sounds are completely random and fitted in well with the music. Most of all, the intention for the music to be for the highest possible good is embedded into it and shapes it's existence.

The Album artwork is significant because the backdrop is one of the last standing, original building facades to survive the Christchurch Earthquakes and demolitions.

One of the inspirations for the creation of the music in Perfect Freq, was an attempt to alleviate some of the long term anxiety, stress, suffering and illness's caused by the depletion of adrenaline from so many shock and after shocks. Along with the stress and depression of losing so many things. Many people completely lost their homes and business's, some due to damage, damaged ground - and others from Government corruption and negligence.

The photograph was taken in one location and the floating body is not photo-shopped on after...

In the photograph I am holding an antique Ghanta bell. The bell is touching the earth, and dangles from my floating hand - it represents the connection from the heavens to the earth.

The rope is made of two stings of Indian dancing bells. This necklace was of value to me, not only did i use it in my sound journey's, all parts of it were discovered on my bell hunting trip to Bangladesh.

This necklace was lost just after the photo shoot... I hope someone found it, and is currently treasuring it. This is the lost bell >

See more of Stuart's work here: https://www.behance.net/gallery/Personal-Projects/13102941

]]>Fri, 19 Jun 2015 16:12:37 GMThttp://www.perfectfreq.com/blog/one-we-are-made-of-music-free-downloadWe are A-lone - We are AL-one.Singularly and collectively we are ONE...

I wanted to create a song with very few words, yet be deeply reflective. In this track, the listener is really the person that creates the lyrics within their own thoughts. How can ONE be singular and collective and the same time?

I wanted to show the singular nature by having ONE voice, then one by one others added, eventually building to a unified group chant of 'ONE' - we are ONE.

Luckily for me, my birthday fell on a Wednesday, which is the night of Sound Medicine in Ubud. At Sound Medicine i requested (for my birthday present), that the group of 40 attendee's sing 'ONE', in the key of B. I struck the chime and the group sang 'ONE'.

The other lyrics in the song are: WE ARE MADE OF MUSIC... every cell in our body is vibrating, individually we are an orchestra of vibration. These vibrations in us becomes ONE vibration, that is our unique vibration... As we all have an individual vibration, humanity is also made up of seven-billion vibrating beings. Together we make an orchestra.

Go ahead - try it out, don't just listen to it with your ears... feel it. lay down - close your eyes and let your mind wander while your cells have a massage.

On the 2nd of August 2014, Shervin and I went to the jungle with my ipod and 24 music demo's I had created over June & July.

I requested that Shervin rate my ideas and compositions in categories such as: Sound Healing Adaptability, Relaxation, Originality, Popularity Potential, Lyrical Content etc. The idea being the album would have equal percentage of everything. Where some songs lacked in areas, I reworked them. This exercise was also to highlight the top 12 tracks, all which would eventually become PERFECT FREQ!

Throughout Perfect Freq you will hear the sound of various bells. These are Ghanta bells, collected on a trip to Bangladesh in 2014. They are also incorporated into the live performance of Perfect Freq.

Historically speaking, bells are very spiritually significant. Apparently, the bells in churches and temples are a symbolic sound of what exists within each human being, but it's the higher tones that we can't hear that are doing the work. Some believe that when the Soul is near breaking through into the Pure Spiritual realm, the Soul begins to hear a gong sound, or "the big bell sound" as some refer to such a sound.

All of these sounds emanate from the "Word" of God, and the various sounds reflect the less than Pure planes one moves through as one rises in purity. The bells of churches and temples are intended as reminders of what we ought to be listening for in our meditation. There's a saying, "Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings"? This is popularized in the movie from 1946, "It's a Wonderful Life" but is said to have been popular amongst children even well over a hundred years ago. Is there some link between bells and angels, possibly enabling their flight? Bells, chimes, jingles, cymbals and gongs are commonly said to be good luck and are often used to ward off evil spirits. Could the ringing of bells really exercise spiritual power, enabling some supernatural influence in the natural realm? While some believe and others doubt, there is a reality beyond superstition. The Science Behind Temple Bells - Almost every ritual in Hinduism has a scientific reason behind it. Temple bells are no exceptions. Apparently Temples bells make a distinct sound that creates unity of the left and right hemisphere's of the brain. The moment a bell is rung, it produces a sharp and long lasting sound. They believe the echo of the sound from the bell touches the seven healing centres or chakras of the body. So, the moment the bell is rung, the brain goes blank for a few seconds and we enter a stage of trance. In this state of trance, the brain becomes extremely receptive and aware. Thus, when one enters the temple after ringing the bell, we become aware of our spiritual self.

Review by Mark Tupuhi.Jody Lloyd aka Trillion Branson needs no introduction to those of us in the NZ Music industry. Jody once went under the moniker “This Litmus” and it’s a fantastic way to describe Jody. Jody is sort of like the conscience of NZ music and love him or hate him there's no denying that Jody voices many of our beliefs, cynicisms and fears about the current political, social and commercial world around us. His “Aspartame Song” called “Super size me aspartame” has reached over 45,000 hits on youtube alone and that's not bad for an indie label with zero corporate backing and completely self funded by Jody himself, check it out… https://youtu.be/Eep3PJ--Czc

He is one half of the “Dark Tower” duo, an epic conscious and “Natural Accent” rap act from Christchurch. Their Debut “The Canterbury Drafts” was released on Universal to critical acclaim in 2001 and was nominated for a “best NZ hip hop Tui. They spearheaded a national and then global movement of “Natural Accent M.Cs” that signified a movement away from the mimicry of L.A and New York style Gangsta Rap that has made any local hip hop kind of yucky and schticky, in my humble opinion. So Jody is no new comer and is an accomplished and industrious self produced artist in his own right as well as championing other independent artists on his “She’ll Be Right” label.

“Perfect Freq” is the latest release from his solo project “Trillion” and marks an epic change of pace from conscious, political hip hop to a more ethnic and organic sort of world music. Still very much hip-hop but with much more emphasis on feel than on lyrics or message. Its beautiful music and is a pleasant change from the earnest full frontal assault on the worlds villains I am used to from Trillion.

Jody has brought the focus back down to the individual listener and has made a selfless record purely for the benefit of you, the listener. He issued the instruction to find an hour and thirteen minutes of free time, lie down somewhere comfortable and listen to the album all the way through with eyes closed and with meditative type breathing. At first I was a little pissed off at this, who the hell is he to tell me how to listen to music?

But after I got over myself I realised that Jody was offering me a rare gift in this high speed, fibre optical world of instant gratification, he was offering me some alone time, to reflect and be still. So I did. I won’t lie to you and say I had an outer body orgasm and rapid moments of clarity that shock my very self to the core. What I did have was an hour or so of calm and some fantastic music to accompany it.

A lot of research has gone into the instrumentation, sourcing instruments that are traditionally used in healing and shamanistic practices around the world and combining it nicely with his own hip hop sensibilities. It is a wonderful journey through different tempos and ideas, where there are lyrics they are thoughtful and insightful and most of all they are conscious, awake and aware and willing to share with the listener. The first time I listened I fell asleep. It took me a few days to make the time to do it again and I didn’t begrudge Jody the time, I tried to look at it as a gift.

It culminates in the single “The Perfect Frequency of love”, a true masterpiece and one of those songs that an artist can work their whole lives towards and maybe only get once. Have a listen for yourself… https://youtu.be/Fb702tee8Rw So, there you have it. Its good, honest and pure Kiwi music. It is outside of the machine of corporate music and it’s ours, truly ours, not some striving American wannabe or some desperate, egocentric money making scam like much of our top ten radio shit lately. Nice one Jody.

I understand that there is also a documentary film in the final stages of production about how he has been living the last few years and he is busy doing gigs here and in Bali, where he has been based this past little while. Heres the link to get the album, do yourself a favour. http://www.perfectfreq.com

]]>Tue, 02 Jun 2015 00:56:56 GMThttp://www.perfectfreq.com/blog/free-download-join-handsThis wonderful track didn't quite make the album, but is available now as a free download. It features vocals/duet by Josephine Costain and Jody Lloyd. ENJOY!

]]>Fri, 29 May 2015 07:23:43 GMThttp://www.perfectfreq.com/blog/dot-to-dot-lyricsOne day in a meditative sleepy state i came to the realisation that i was a dot on the planet... and if i am a dot, then everyone is a dot. And together we are all part of a dot to dot illustration. this final image is unknown, but it's so amazing - so absolutely perfect, but we can only see this picture when everyone realises they are part of the picture... and connects a line from themselves (their dot) to the other dots on either side of them... The line can only be drawn with and from our hearts. start drawing... Dot to Dot is track 8 on Perfect Freq.